Performing consolidation
The consolidation process can be split in two main stages: assessment and execution.
Assessment
The assessment stage is essential to understand what is required from the consolidation process. It consist in collecting as much data as possible to cover the relevant points in an efficient manner.
The assessment stage usually consists of the following steps:
Execution
After the assessment activities has provided a clear picture of what is required, the execution stage implements the consolidation process. It can be broken in different steps, each of them acting as a checkpoint the evaluate the ongoing activities.
Usual steps are:
